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We all know Jonathan Franzen is a twitcher. But did you know Tom Hanks likes to collect 1940s typewriters? Or that Johnny Depp likes to play with dolls?Sadly, Tom and the two Johnnies couldn’t join u…
In this edition of Texts in the City – the last with host Tony Wilson – writer and educator Tony Birch lends his knowledge of indigenous history to our understanding of Kate Grenville’s novel, The…
In this week’s Texts in the City, Lorin Clarke joins Tony Wilson to discuss justice, doubt and truth in Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men.
In this instalment of Texts in the City, Hannie Rayson and Tony Wilson turn their eye to A Streetcar Named Desire — the classic play by Tennessee Williams.Want more? See our 2012 Texts in the City…
William Shakespeare’s classic play Richard III features in this session of Texts in the City, hosted by Tony Wilson in conversation with Judith Rodriguez and Michael Williams.They discuss the text’s …
Respected stage and screen actor Barry Otto joins Tony Wilson in this fifth Texts in the City session, this time looking at Louis Nowra’s Così.Drawing on Otto’s experience of playing colourful…
(Click to watch video.) Arthur Miller’s play about the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692 can be a crucible for VCE students too. But that needn’t be the…
In the third instalment of Texts in the City – our series focussing on VCE English texts – Tony Wilson is joined by film, television and theatre writer Mac Gudgeon.Discussing 1985 film Witness
(Click to watch video.) In the first of our videos on the Texts in the City series, Tony Wilson speaks with special guest Dr Stephanie Trigg of the…
In the second of our Texts In The City series – casting a critical eye over the VCE English list – we visit Arthur Miller’s classic play, The Crucible.Discussing the text, Tony Wilson and William…
In the very first of our Texts in the City series based around the VCE English list, Stephanie Trigg and Tony Wilson discuss Peter Goldsworthy’s classic novel Maestro.Tackling themes of talent and…
